King Boreas 10 km Freestyle race summary 1/8/12The King Boreas ski race, which is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, is typically held at Phalen park. This year it was moved to Green Acres Recreation, like many other races, due to the lack of natur...
King Boreas 10 km Freestyle race summary 1/8/12The King Boreas ski race, which is part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, is typically held at Phalen park. This year it was moved to Green Acres Recreation, like many other races, due to the lack of natur...
Tuesday’s individual races in Osrblie, Slovakia, left the U.S. team at Under-26 Open European Championships one chance to grab the results they’d been hoping for all week. So could they do it? “The individual was another decent race, but not what I wanted,” Russell Currier told FasterSkier in an e-mail. “I’m a little disappointed, but there’s still plenty of room for hope left in the season.” Currier finished 21st in the 20 k, four-stage race, his...
During the season it is easy to lose the strength that you worked so hard to gain in the summer and fall. Skiing every day can keep you away from the weight room, so we make sure to schedule regular maintenance strength sessions to make sure we can sti...
During the 2012 Tour de Ski, FasterSkier sat down with the head coach of the Swiss National Team, Guri Hetland. A native Norwegian, Hetland had 45 World Cup starts of her own between 1995 and 2001. She earned four top-10 results, all in sprints, but also scored World Cup points in seven distance races. Hetland was named head coach of the Swiss team in the fall of 2010, and is the only female head coach...
I was a little nervous for the Craftsbury Marathon, because I had never done a classic race longer than 30km. The four-loop course we did for this year’s marathon totaled around 44km, so I wasn’t sure how I would fare in the final third of the race. My two concerns were food and kick wax [...]
Another nice day up at the mountain! The younger kids did a speed & skills workout - similar to the workout the older kids did yesterday. Lots of fun with bungees, slaloms, and skiing on one foot! Above, Katharine skis with a smile!Helena.Macken...
Recently I was offered to opportunity to go down to Antarctica for the winter. The only catch was that I had about 12 hours to think about it and about two weeks to get ready to go. The offer came out of the blue. I had applied last May for a summer (...
Hi Everyone! US Biathlon is raffling off 4 tickets to this year’s Superbowl! This is an all-expenses paid trip for you and three guests for two nights in Indianapolis! The raffle tickets are only $2 a piece but the contest ends at 1pm EST on Thursday, February 2. Thanks for the support and good luck! [...]
Thanks to Skinny Ski and David Owen for the shots. results Catlin showed a 3rd in Sat. classic and managed a stellar 1st in the pursuit freestyle on Sunday. This brought her in overall in the tour 2nd. Brian missed his high gear on the races Sat and Sun, ending 6th in the overall tour.
Koons, Egan Win on Modified Course At Craftsbury (Updated with correct 25k results) CRAFTSBURY, Vermont – A warm and wet New England winter was not able to put a damper on the Craftsbury Marathon, even with one last burst of rain in the week leading up to the event. Low snow levels and warm temperatures have plagued the eastern part of the US all season, requiring extra effort and creativity by race organizers. The...
In a winter you get a handful of skis that make your mind, heart and muscles align into a beautiful dance. Often these days are the result of excellent conditions and sharing your passion with a group of people who feel the same way about the adv...
This morning we had a great workout up at the mountain - speed & skills on skate skis up at Solstice. We started off in pairs, using the bungees to work on getting your weight forward and then worked on our balance by cruising back down the hill on...
Back in December I posted a short note about how Vibeke Skofterud has a tendency to ski considerably better in the early part of the season. Since we’re in the midst of a break between WC periods I thought it might be good to check in and see how things are progressing: Those are her [...] Related posts:
Stratton came up for a few days of skiing at Trapps, and we thought it was a good opportunity to get a fun time trial in. The format was 5 km classic followed by a transition to a 5 km skate. Conditions were a little scratchy, with icy snow covered by ...
Life is good and I’m feeling very lucky! I just finished up an awesome training camp in Ramsau, Austria. A week off from the World Cup was an opportunity to increase the volume and put in a short block of training a midst a busy period of racing. I couldn’t have asked for a better location either [...]
BENNINGTON, Vt. – Inside an organic lunch spot in downtown Bennington, two Wisconsin natives glanced at an oversized chalkboard filled with sandwich options. A moment later, they turned to each other to confirm they had made up their minds. Maria Stuber and Bryan Cook hadn’t lived in the area long, yet they already figured out the basics. Bennington, southern Vermont’s largest city, wasn’t huge, but it had more going on than the hamlet of North...
A top-five was all she needed to secure the overall win, but Jennie Bender (CXC) skied beyond that in Sunday’s 15 k freestyle pursuit at Green Acres, the final event of the five-race Tour de Twin Cities. The first athlete out of the gate, Bender finished third to teammate Caitlin Gregg (CXC), who won the pursuit by over a minute and a half and finished the Tour in second overall. Rosie Brennan (APU) was second...
